How Did The Great Reform Act
THE GREAT REFORM ACT
In 1832, the British Parliament made huge changes to the electoral system of Wales and England. Elected Members of Parliament had control over specific boroughs, some overseeing a handful at the same time.
During the reform, 56 boroughs located in the two countries were disenfranchised – or deprived of voting rights – while 67 new constituencies were added.
The franchise’s property qualifications were expanded to include not just large landowners but small, tenant farms, and shopkeepers as well.
All boroughs were given uniform requirements as opposed to separate like before. This organized the system a lot more.
This reform increased the fairness in the political system. The preamble to this states that the new act was created to …show more content…
The following years, the crop was devastated more severely.
Prime Minister Sir Robert Peel helped Ireland, but soon, funds ran low, preventing any British assistance to create soup kitchens and employ those affected by the famine.
Starvation in Ireland was huge, and even the United States helped the British country fight some of it off by sending cornmeal. In 1847, three million people were relying on soup kitchens.
Even with the disaster, some farmers were able to keep growing and exporting grain and meat. But this did not help with Ireland’s starvation problem much.
Before the famine hit, Ireland had a population of around 8.4 million. The famine wiped out nearly 2 million, bringing the population down to 6.6 million. These people either died from starvation or diseases related to the famine. Nearly two million emigrated during these years, and the problem persisted decades later.
In 1921 – when Ireland gained independence, the population was half of what it was before the Potato famine.
Today, most countries focus on many different crops and a wide variety of those plants, which helps protect if a disease ever strikes a particular
In 1832, the British Parliament made huge changes to the electoral system of Wales and England. Elected Members of Parliament had control over specific boroughs, some overseeing a handful at the same time.
During the reform, 56 boroughs located in the two countries were disenfranchised – or deprived of voting rights – while 67 new constituencies were added.
The franchise’s property qualifications were expanded to include not just large landowners but small, tenant farms, and shopkeepers as well.
All boroughs were given uniform requirements as opposed to separate like before. This organized the system a lot more.
This reform increased the fairness in the political system. The preamble to this states that the new act was created to …show more content…
The following years, the crop was devastated more severely.
Prime Minister Sir Robert Peel helped Ireland, but soon, funds ran low, preventing any British assistance to create soup kitchens and employ those affected by the famine.
Starvation in Ireland was huge, and even the United States helped the British country fight some of it off by sending cornmeal. In 1847, three million people were relying on soup kitchens.
Even with the disaster, some farmers were able to keep growing and exporting grain and meat. But this did not help with Ireland’s starvation problem much.
Before the famine hit, Ireland had a population of around 8.4 million. The famine wiped out nearly 2 million, bringing the population down to 6.6 million. These people either died from starvation or diseases related to the famine. Nearly two million emigrated during these years, and the problem persisted decades later.
In 1921 – when Ireland gained independence, the population was half of what it was before the Potato famine.
Today, most countries focus on many different crops and a wide variety of those plants, which helps protect if a disease ever strikes a particular